She's not perfect
Up until Wednesday, I'd only done 46 miles, in daylight, in her, including about 15 miles of test drive before buying. I'd noticed the tramlining and I'd noticed that she felt a little "loose". Anyway Wednesday comes and I have to go see a client in Norwich, about a 60 mile round trip. Me thinks, sod the van, I'll take the Zed! Proper shakedown road test!
Outbound, Well, she definitely is a bit too loose and where did that hunting in traffic come from?
Return, its dark, headlights on, why is the nearside illuminating cows in the fields and why can I only just see the top of the offside beam? Oh well, clean the screen and away we go. What no washers? Quick look revealed a full washer bottle. Hmmmm, some MOT that was!
Anyway, off home. I'm sure @Shelly will confirm that driving the Acle straight on a dark night with little more than sidelights isn't great fun.
So, yesterday I go see my mate at his MOT station, "Nick, can I borrow your beam checker?"
"sure, I'll just shift that". That being a big old Chevy pick-up. There's something raw about a big block Chevy V8 firing up. Anyway, on checking the Zeds beam alignment, Nick laughed out loud, "never seen one that bad before!" and walked off leaving me to it. Well, Nearside adjusted fine. Offside, the dip motor had failed and had driven the reflector all the way down and beyond the stops! Stripped and fixed, for now.
Washers, well the blingy chrome washer jets that had been fitted have different size pipe fittings so never could have worked! They are going, didn't like them anyway. Hmmmm, some MOT that was!
Up goes the ramp for a quick look round underneath. "Nick, wadaya think to this?" as I point at a rather ropey looking diff bush. "well, I'd have to pass it, but...I'd note it"
Working our way around, we stop at the front wishbone bushes, "well, I'd have to pass it, but...I'd note it".
"do you say anything else mate?"
"oh yes, how about fail!"
Hmmmm, some MOT that was!
Time to go home, "Nick, do you want me to bring the Chevy back in?"
"oh, yes please mate"
Suddenly the Zed seems a bit short on torque!
footnote
a quick plug for Nick. Nick is an old mate I used to rally a Mk2 Escort with. He's into performance, MOT's pay the bills. One day his Cobra kit with a BMW 4.0ltr V8 in it, will get finished!
http://www.lowestoftmot.com/
- she's 17 years old,
- has done over 140k,
- has had more than a "few" owners
- has a few obvious blemises
- and I didn't pay loads for her
Up until Wednesday, I'd only done 46 miles, in daylight, in her, including about 15 miles of test drive before buying. I'd noticed the tramlining and I'd noticed that she felt a little "loose". Anyway Wednesday comes and I have to go see a client in Norwich, about a 60 mile round trip. Me thinks, sod the van, I'll take the Zed! Proper shakedown road test!
Outbound, Well, she definitely is a bit too loose and where did that hunting in traffic come from?
Return, its dark, headlights on, why is the nearside illuminating cows in the fields and why can I only just see the top of the offside beam? Oh well, clean the screen and away we go. What no washers? Quick look revealed a full washer bottle. Hmmmm, some MOT that was!
Anyway, off home. I'm sure @Shelly will confirm that driving the Acle straight on a dark night with little more than sidelights isn't great fun.
So, yesterday I go see my mate at his MOT station, "Nick, can I borrow your beam checker?"
"sure, I'll just shift that". That being a big old Chevy pick-up. There's something raw about a big block Chevy V8 firing up. Anyway, on checking the Zeds beam alignment, Nick laughed out loud, "never seen one that bad before!" and walked off leaving me to it. Well, Nearside adjusted fine. Offside, the dip motor had failed and had driven the reflector all the way down and beyond the stops! Stripped and fixed, for now.
Washers, well the blingy chrome washer jets that had been fitted have different size pipe fittings so never could have worked! They are going, didn't like them anyway. Hmmmm, some MOT that was!
Up goes the ramp for a quick look round underneath. "Nick, wadaya think to this?" as I point at a rather ropey looking diff bush. "well, I'd have to pass it, but...I'd note it"
Working our way around, we stop at the front wishbone bushes, "well, I'd have to pass it, but...I'd note it".
"do you say anything else mate?"
"oh yes, how about fail!"
Hmmmm, some MOT that was!
Time to go home, "Nick, do you want me to bring the Chevy back in?"
"oh, yes please mate"
Suddenly the Zed seems a bit short on torque!
footnote
a quick plug for Nick. Nick is an old mate I used to rally a Mk2 Escort with. He's into performance, MOT's pay the bills. One day his Cobra kit with a BMW 4.0ltr V8 in it, will get finished!
http://www.lowestoftmot.com/
